The Janda Group has launched registration for their project at 1255 West Pender Street in Coal Harbour. The 14-storey, 27-unit project has been named ‘The Views at Coal Harbour’.

The project is being built to a density of 5.7 FSR and includes approximately 3,500 SF of office space on the lower floors. A development permit has been in place since 2007.

More information can be found on the project’s website.

North Shore Outlook – Developer Onni agrees to second public hearing on North Vancouver Safeway site.

Developer Onni Group will return to North Vancouver city hall for a second go at a public hearing on the company’s divisive Safeway site proposal, after the first hearing was tainted by accusations of bullying and impropriety on all sides.

Onni’s vice-president of development Beau Jarvis made the announcement Monday, citing the “outpouring of support” he said the company received over the holidays for its 13th Street and Lonsdale Avenue condo-tower proposal.

“To be quite blunt, we got a bit of an earful over the holidays from people who had publicly expressed support for the project,” Jarvis said in a press release Monday.

“Their position was simple – ‘we want the project, we went out and supported the project and Onni should not abandon the project until the council has formally said yes or no’. At the end of the day, we could not ignore those voices,” he continued.

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Colliers’ Q4 2012 retail report shows that the Metro Vancouver retail leasing market sustained healthy growth heading into 2013. Notable highlights from the Colliers retail report.:

• From a leasing perspective, there was a spike in activity with many international, national and eclectic retailers looking for space. This is evident through the vacancy rate decreasing to 3.5% this quarter from 3.9% in the second quarter of 2012.
• The most notable changes in vacancy were in Squamish decreasing from 7.1 to 3.3 percent; Chilliwack decreasing from 10.9 to 9.3 percent; North Delta decreasing from 5.9 to 3.6 percent; and Richmond decreasing from 6.2 to 4.7 percent.
• Both transactional sales volume and deal velocity maintained a steady pace through the last quarter of 2012. From the fourth quarter of 2011 to the end of the third quarter of 2012, 125 transactions closed in the improved retail property category (for properties valued over $1 million).
• Harbour Centre unveiled plans for a multi-million dollar redevelopment of the landmark Harbour Centre building in Downtown Vancouver. In the spring of 2013, they will embark on an extensive redevelopment of the food court, a refresh of the lower level common area, and a newly revitalized streetscape of the complex.